2025 Federation Cup Day 3: Vithya Ramraj wins 400m hurdles, Tejaswin leads decathlon – Highlights
Up Next: - Men's Hammer throw final at 2:00 PM IST
The Qualifying mark for the Asian Championships in the men's hammer throw is 71.80m.
This is a tough ask for the Indian athletes, as if anyone reaches the mark, he will be the second-best Indian hammer thrower in the all-time top list.
The current lead for India in 2025 is 66.64m of Taranveer Singh, who is, however, not competing at the Federation Cup today.
In his absence, Damneet Singh (PB - 67.62m) will be the favourite to win.
Krishan, Afsal through to men's 800m final
The former Asian Athletics Championships silver medallist Krishan Kumar and Mohammed Afsal are safely through to the final of the men's 800m at the 2025 Federation Cup.
Afsal emerged as the fastest man in the heats, clocking 1:46.70s in the second heat. He breached the 2025 Asian Athletics C'ships qualification standard of 1:47.77s by a distance.
It was a fast run in the second heat with two others – Anu Kumar (1:46.70s) and Prakash Gadade (1:47.39s) – also surpassing the Asian mark.
Women's 800m Final Line Up
Twinkle Chaudhary emerged as the fastest women in the 800m heats. She clocked 2:05.20s to top the first heat, missing out on the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships qualification mark of 2:05.00s by a whisker.
Goood Morning!
Hello and welcome to The Bridge's coverage from Day 3 of the 2025 Federation Cup.
Multiple medal events lined up for the day, most of them in the second session which starts with the men's hammer throw final at 2 pm IST.
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